Western Front
French aircraft bomb Thionville.
Battle of Verdun: Crown Prince gives up command of German army on Verdun front.
Eastern Front
Romania: Battle Of Bucharest: Russian troops launch counterattacks to stop the Central Power’s advance in Romania, but they are now only 12 miles from Bucharest.
Germans force passage of River Neajlovu.
Dobruja: Russian and RNAS armored cars (left Odessa November 13, arriving Hirsova on Danube November 27), lead attack (until December 1 with 7 armored cars damaged) at Topalul aiding IV Siberian Corps (over 9,000 casualties) to take two hills hold by Bulgarian troops.
Galicia: Russians repulsed on river Zlota Lipa.
Southern Front
General artillery action Italian front.
Greek army reported marching north.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Russians 30 miles south of northern Persian frontier.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: German raider (ex-liner) Wolf (Nerger, 458 mines, and a small seaplane) breaks out for worldwide 15-month cruise (until March 24, 1918) that sinks 15 ships for 38,391t.
Channel: Q-ship Penshurst sinks coastal submarine UB-19 (left Zeebruegge November 22).
http://imgur.com/F6I7OoV
U-49 on maiden voyage (November) sinks 40,000t shipping in Channel and Biscay.
Britain: During November the shipping losses were 49 ships (7 to mines) worth 168,809t in total to U-boats of 325,218t of all nations (164,130t or 40 ships in Mediterranean).
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Francis Joseph‘s funeral: Kaiser Wilhelm II; Tsar Ferdinand; Kings of Bavaria and Saxony; Crown Princes of Germany, Sweden and Turkey attend.Francis Joseph’s coffin being placed on the hearse:
http://imgur.com/qEipe4z* © IWM (Q 88236) Funeral procession of mourners on the way to St. Stephen’s Cathedral:
http://imgur.com/NwxFBzT* © IWM (Q 88228) Coffin of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary at St. Stephen’s Cathedral:
http://imgur.com/fusCFTk* © IWM (Q 112660)
Germany: German actress Dorrit Weixler, known for her comedic roles, commits suicide:
http://imgur.com/t8Ht8VW
United Kingdom: British officials claim that Germans are supporting American pacifists in an effort to end the war in Germany’s favor.
Lord Derby on New Volunteer Army.
Italy: Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio, is tasked by Italy to organize Rome’s move away from gas to electricity for cooking & heating.
Greece: Reserve officers called up. Government refuses Allied demands; Allies land their troops at Piraeus. French authorities are expelled from Athens.